March 25, 1998
Another day where canon is silent. Unofficially,
Aware of the deteriorating capabilities of 25th Corps in Alaska, Aleutian Front orders a resumption of the offensive into British Columbia which had been halted by the winter. The Soviet troops, trained with (and to a great degree, naturally equipped with) a greater tolerance for cold weather warfare, achieve surprise and overrun the outposts of the combined Canadian and American force which were established to provide overwatch of the Soviet front line.
Anti-American rioting continues in Mexican cities as the police (not considered the most diligent and honest in the best of times) make sure that only American-related sites are looted. Additional columns of Mexican reugees expelled from Texas arrive in Matamoros, Ciudad Juarez and Nuevo Laredo.
The first of three trains carrying the Joint Chiefs and their staff depart Frederick, Maryland en route to Colorado Springs.
The Polish Communist Party opens the first of several stud farms to raise draft horses for farm, industrial and transport uses. The site, located on the outskirts of the ruins of the town of Sokółka in northeastern Poland, is secured by a small border guard force to protect the site from bandits and passing units (Soviet and Polish) that might see a use for the horses.
The replica USS Constitution arrives in Port Harcourt, Nigeria with a cargo of machinery.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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